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LIVER LOVER
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Substance that forms in the gallbladder from crystaline deposits of cholesterol or bilirubin.
What are gallstones?
100
It frequently results in nephrotic syndrome.
What is edema?
200
Abnormally dialated veins.
What are varices?
200
The most common cause of chronic disease.
What is diabetes?
300
A large blood vessel that carries nutrient-rich blood from the digestive tract to the liver. The resistance of it's blood flow causes collaterals and varices.
What is the portal vein?
300
It is what most kidney stones are made from.
What is calcium oxalate?
400
An advanced stage of liver disease in which extensive scarring replaces healthy liver tissue, causing impaired liver function and liver failure.
What is cirrhosis?
400
It is a tuft of capillaries with in the nephron that filters water and solutes from blood, as urine production begins.
What is glomeruli?
500
A condition in advanced liver disease characterized by altered neurological functioning, including personality changes, reduced mental abilities, and disturbances in motor function. It literally means "brain disease."
What is hepatic encephalopathy?
500
It regulates blood pressure by secreting the enzyme renin.
What are kidneys?